WAML Map & GIS Job BlogCal Tech: Metadata Services Manager
Caltech Library Services (CLS) seek a forward thinking manager of its
newly formed Metadata Services group. The Metadata Services Manager
reports to the Director of Library Information Technology and is
responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of
databases and digital resources. The Manager will develop a
comprehensive strategy for the acquisition, description, management, and
preservation of digital library resources, and the acquisition and
description of books, journals, databases, and site licenses.
The Metadata Services Manager will provide leadership in the analysis,
planning, development, and deployment of tools to search, manipulate,
manage, and preserve information. To this end, the Metadata Services
Manager is expected to participate in professional organizations to
bring this expertise to the CLS. The Metadata Services Manager will work
with other CLS departments and with the CLS user community to evaluate,
adopt, and implement metadata standards and best practices that support
the CLS catalog and repositories of texts, images, data, and
audio-visual resources.